Former boyfriend of Zainab Abdullahi Yahaya, the new wife of the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali, has demanded the sum of N9,081,207.45 being money he spent on her during their relationship before she dumped him for the retired military colonel.
The ex-boyfriend, Zubairu Dalhatu Malamai, made this demand through a letter dated May 22 2020, written to Zainab through his lawyer, I.I Wangida, describing her as a “cheat”.
According to Malamai, in the last three years that he dated her, he spent over N9m on her believing that they were going to get married.
Malamai said that the money was spent on opening a business for Zainab and taking care of her.
The letter reads in part, “We are solicitors to Zubairu Dalhatu Malamai of No. 224 Durumin Zungura Kano Municipal, Kano State, hereinafter referred to as “our client” on whose instructions we write you.
“Our brief as disclosed to us is that for over three years you have been in a relationship with our client where he has invested so much in your life, future and business when you consistently promised to marry him, even though you knew deep down in your heart you were deceiving our client but you allowed him to continuously spend money and resources on you while he was in the belief that he was doing that to his future wife.
“Be that as it may, we have our client’s brief that you have decided to pick another man for yourself as husband and while our client congratulate you in your new home, we have our client’s instructions to also disclose his displeasure over your reaction few days before your new marriage by taking an unnecessary fight with him thereby insulting and calling him all kinds of names and your claims that he calculate all you have collected from him both as loans, investments and trip tickets so you can pay him as you are no longer in his life.
“In view of the above, we have our client’s instruction to demand from you the following;
“a. The sum of N2,778,207 only being the sum for travel tickets for KSA on 20th March to 5th April 2018, UAE on 17th February to 27th February 2019, PRC April 2019, UAE on 13th June to 19th June, 2019, UAE on 5th July to 10th July 2019, UAE on 30 September to 13th October 2019, UK on 18th January to 23rd January 2020, UAE on 24th January to 25th January 2020.
“b. N1.5m loan for your investment,
“c. N200,000 only paid for you on behalf of Dan Tsanyawa.
“d. N450,000 only for clothing business at US.
“e. N280,000 only for shop rent at Haneefa Plaza on Court Road.
“f. N350,000 only you borrowed to give your father.
“g. N350,000 only house rent refund.
“h. N300,000 only you collected as loan which you paid for your vails.
“l. N360,000 only for your China trip.
“j. N500,000 only you collected for your car purchase.
“k. N250,000 only for all chinchin investment.
A long list of other items being demanded include, N1, 763,000 for LEFE clothes, six Abayas, Company ID cards in the name of Zainab Abdullahi Yahaya, Fatima Abdullahi Muhammed and Adnan Abdullahi Yahaya, 2 Company HP laptops, company, a pair of shoe, one set of luggage (5 pieces), one piece of Samsonite luggage, car number plate bearing Bichi Local Government.
The letter further read:
“In view of the above, we have our client’s instructions to demand from you and we hereby demand from you the immediate payment of the sum of N9,081,207 only.
“Failure to heed to same shall leave us with no other option than to proceed with legal action to recover the said sum. Your choice in this matter is our preference”.
